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Mantra 13

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निरिवैतु प्रतिकूलमनुकूलमिवोदकम्। सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः

IAST Transliteration

agnírivaitu pratikū́lam anukū́lamivódakam | sukhó rátha iva vartatāṁ kṛtyā́ kṛtyā-kṛtáṁ púnaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let it go like Agni, even against the stream, as water yet runs with the stream; smoothly, like a chariot, let the Kṛtyā roll back again upon the doer of the Kṛtyā.

Translation

Qu’elle aille comme Agni, même à contre-courant, comme l’eau pourtant suit le courant. Qu’elle roule aisément comme un char: la Kṛtyā, de retour, de nouveau sur l’auteur de la Kṛtyā.

Word by Word

अग्निःAgni (fire)

इवlike, as

एतुlet (him/it) come/go

प्रतिकूलम्against, in an adverse way

अनुकूलम्favorably, in a helpful way

इवlike, as

उदकम्water

सुखःeasy, comfortable

रथःchariot

इवlike, as

वर्तताम्let it proceed/turn out, let it go on

कृत्याwitchcraft, harmful spell

कृत्याwitchcraft (again; emphatic repetition)

अकृतम्undone, unmade, rendered ineffective

पुनःagain, back

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per hymn tradition).

Devata: Kṛtyā (as operative force), with Agni as model/power of motion and purification.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

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